Comment by soulofmischief
1 month ago
Empirical evidence, for one. And the existence of fine-tuning, which allows you to artificially influence how a model responds to questions. This means we can't just ask an LLM, "do you see red?" I can't really even ask you that. I just know that I see red, and that many other philosophers and scientists in the past seem to agree with my experience, and that it's a deep, deep discussion which only shallow spectators are currently drawing hard conclusions from.
And what if someone comes along and just calls it “qualia” anyways?
I can't really help it if people run around calling things other things. Language evolves!
So then your opinion is about as meaningful as theirs.
I don’t see a way for any passing reader to decide conclusively.
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